“A Clockwork Orange”: The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual – crime.
First published in 1962 – and written in just three weeks(!), according to the author – the story takes place in an English city from the near future. The narrator and protagonist is Alex, a fifteen-year-old leader of a gang. Through his eyes, we get led into the first part of the book, and namely … Continue reading “A Clockwork Orange”: The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual – crime.
Quiet musings of a reader 